For those who believe blood money would solve our ills, I have nothing but pity

Terrace Talk Liverpool: That’s what will bother me the most; that a man who’s done as much for us as Jurgen Klopp might not be allowed to leave as he chooses

LIVERPOOL LEGEND: A mural of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on a house near the ground ahead of the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

With Liverpool’s last chance of a domestic trophy possibly about to vanish over the horizon (hope may spring eternal for some) a smile may be way, way out of line right now.

But I must confess; none of this is bothering me in the slightest. Perhaps recent Red performances merely extinguished all hope, and there’s a “laugh or you’ll cry” dealio going on.